Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 445, Xiang Yu’s father

Zhu Lai and Zhu Kai looked at Xiao He with some confusion. When they faced the attack by the Xiling City defenders on the mountain, they deliberately sold out their flaws to lure the Chu troops into the ambush circle that had been prepared for a long time. Take the unexpected. But now that they want the Xiang family to rebel, they not only do not show weakness to the enemy, but also deal with possible problems toughly. This makes the two of them a little confused as to what Xiao He is going to do.

"We have just entered the city today, when the limelight is overwhelming. If tomorrow the Xiang family lets people test our depth, normal people in order to maintain their dignity will severely punish those who cause trouble. If we deliberately show weakness, then It will make people think that we are deliberately selling flaws.

And our goal is not just Xiling City, we want the entire Chu Kingdom. Luowang's intelligence said that Xiang Yan's son Xiang Qu was hiding in Changjun Mountain with an army of 30,000 men a few days ago. Xianyang previously deduced that they were trying to attack Li Yuan, but now it seems that they were trying to counteract the Xiang clan in the city.

What we want is not only to get rid of the Xiang clan, but also to devour all the 30,000 troops outside the city. Attracting Yingdu to the south forced Xiang Yan to divide his forces to deal with us, and then let General Sima Shang go south. "Fusu took out a tiger charm from his arms and said.

Looking at this tiger charm, the two bandit leaders Zhu Kai and Zhu Lai naturally did not recognize it, but Meng Yi recognized the tiger charm.

"This is the tiger talisman of the Chu army. How could it be in the hands of His Royal Highness?" Meng Yi asked in surprise.

"I am Mo Ao from the Chu Kingdom. Mo Ao represents the King of Chu. Mo Ao has the power to control the Chu Kingdom's troops. This tiger charm was given to me by Li Yuan when I left Shouchun. At that time I didn't care, now this tiger charm can be of great help to us." Fusu said with a smile.

At first, Fusu just casually asked Li Yuan whether Mo Ao's power was based on the old system of Chu or the current system, but Li Yuan did not answer him, but gave him the tiger charm that could mobilize the Chu army. At that time, Fusu Thinking that Li Yuan was betraying his country and seeking glory, he didn't care about the tiger charm, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to mobilize the Feishui garrison to suppress the bandits based on Mo Ao's name.

Xiao He looked at the tiger talisman, thought for a while, and said

"This Li Yuan is an interesting person."

"Sir, what do you mean by this?" Fusu asked doubtfully.

"At first, Xiang Yan led his troops to march eastward, but Zeng Xi was occupied by Yang Duan and his generals, blocking Xiang Yan, so he chose to attack Xiling City. However, Xiling City had already been heavily defended by Anza, and Xiang Yan attacked it for a long time. If they don't, they will eventually have no choice but to withdraw their troops.

This Xiling City can be said to be the first line of defense surrounding the Chu State, and it is even more important to Li Yuan. He decisively handed over Xiling City to His Highness before. I thought he wanted to use the hands of the Qin State to defend Chu. country, and at the same time transferred the original army to Zhu. It is reasonable and reasonable to look at it this way. If combined with the tiger talisman in His Highness's hand, it becomes less reasonable.

Perhaps Li Yuan had already known everything about the situation in Xiling City, so he gave this tiger talisman to His Highness just in case. But there is one thing I don’t understand: what is Li Yuan’s purpose? "Xiao He said.

After hearing Xiao He's words, the two brothers Zhu Kai and Zhu Lai had already fainted. The words of this large circle had made them confused.

Meng Yi and Fu Su also fell into deep thought. They couldn't guess what Li Yuan's purpose was in going around in such a big circle. If it was to defend Xiling City, even if Li Yuan could directly send an army to destroy the Xiang clan, instead of With the help of their hands.

"Forget it, what is Li Yuan's purpose? We can put it aside for the time being. As long as Qin is still there, Li Yuan will not dare to attack us. The top priority is to send someone to contact Yang Duan and the general and let them enter Xiling City in disguise.

Xiang Qu is Xiang Yan's eldest son, and his military skills are the highest among all Xiang Yan's sons. He also has these 30,000 elites of the pseudo-Chu Kingdom in his hands. Yang Duan and the general's 3,000 elites are no match for him alone. Zhu Kai, I have an important task for you! "Fusu said.

"Your Highness, please speak!" Zhu Kai stood up and bowed his hands to Fu Su and said.

"I need you to take the Tiger Talisman to Zhu to mobilize the Chu army, and quietly ambush outside Xiling City. When Xiang Qu and others on Changjun Mountain attack Xiling City, cut off their retreat from behind!" Fusu said.

Upon hearing the task given to him by Fusu, Zhu Kai was stunned for a moment, then excitedly knelt down on one knee and said to Fusu

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, because Your Highness believes in me so much, I will definitely complete this task."

"Okay." Fusu handed the tiger talisman in his hand to Zhu Kai without hesitation.

Looking at the tiger charm in his hand, Zhu Kai looked at Fusu excitedly. Zhu Kai was so excited not because of the tiger charm, but because of Fusu's trust. This tiger talisman can mobilize the entire Chu State's army. It can be said that whoever has this tiger talisman will control the military power of the Chu State, and then control the entire Chu State. More importantly, the Chu State's army mobilized by this tiger talisman Military affairs concern the life and death of Fusu and others.

How could Zhu Kai not be excited that Fusu had given such an important task to him, a bandit who had been loyal to him for only half a month? As the saying goes, a scholar dies for his confidant, so Zhu Kai decided to fight to the death to bring Chu to Fusu. country’s army.

When Zhu Kai was about to turn around and leave, he was stopped by Xiao He.

"Leaving now will easily arouse suspicion. Wait until tomorrow." Xiao He said.

"it is good."

After Fusu prepared all the actions, Xiang Xiong also left Chen Jin's house. Chen Jin smiled at the door and put Xiang Xiong into the carriage. After the carriage left, the smile on his face disappeared.

"Bah, do you really think I'm a fool? Let me test Fusu's depth?" Chen Jin said with a gloomy face. Being able to become the head of a family and occupy one-third of the world in Xiling City, Chen Jin is not a stupid and incompetent person. On the contrary, because of his identity as a merchant, Chen Jin not only hides his secrets well, but also because of the merchant's greed for money and lust. Let Chen Jin gain countless benefits in secret.

"Master, what should we do?" the steward asked.

"Do what Xiang Xiong said. If he wants us to test it out, then go ahead. As long as we clean ourselves afterwards," Chen Jin said.

"Then what do we do?" the steward asked.

"Don't you like to race horses? If you give him the chariot I bought from the army, he will naturally take people to ride on it." Chen Jin said.

"promise!"

In Changjun Mountain, Xiang Qu, Xiang Yan's eldest son and Xiang Yu's father, was eating barbecue by the campfire.

A personal guard came to Xiang Qu with a letter.

"Young Master, there is news from the city."

Xiang Qu put down the barbecue in his hand, took the letter, opened it, glanced at it a few times and said

"Xiang Xiong agreed to cooperate with us. It should be the old man who forced him to agree. In the past few days, we sent people to keep an eye on the roads in Xiling City to prevent Fusu and the others from asking for reinforcements. Then we sent our people to guard the areas in Xiling City. Contact the people in the military who agree to join us."

"Aren't the Xiling City defenders responsible for contacting the Xiang family in the city?" the guard asked.

"We can't put all our hopes on them. Meng Yi and Xiao He around Fusu are not ordinary people. We must be prepared for the worst. If they fail, we can still let these people catch them by surprise. Let’s stall for time,” Xiang Qu said. "Young master, I have thought it over carefully. I will go now." the guard said.

Xiang Qu glanced in the direction of Yingdu and prayed secretly in his heart, Xiang's ancestors, please bless me for everything going smoothly this time. Capturing Xiling City is their last chance. For Yingdu, the current three counties alone cannot compete with the Qin State. If they want to compete with the Qin State, the best way is to capture Xiling City and kill them. Fusu forced Li Yuan to break with the Qin State, and the army of Yingdu went north to Shouchun to integrate the power of the entire Chu State and fight Qin to the death.

"Young Master, haven't you rested yet?" Fan Zeng walked out of the tent and asked Xiang Qu, who was praying by the campfire.

"Mr. Fan." Xiang Qu saluted.

"Still thinking about Xiling City?" Fan Zeng asked, sitting next to Xiang Qu.

"Yes, my father and the king have put all their hopes on me. I am worried that things will go wrong this time. I don't believe that the Qin State will really be so relieved and let Fusu go deep into the hinterland of the Chu State." Xiang Qu asked.

"I understand. Are you worried that the Qin State did this intentionally?" Fan Zeng said.

"That's right, before Qin attacks other countries, they will internally disintegrate each other. Bai Yifei of South Korea, Wei's former retainer of Lord Xinling, Yan Yi of Yan, and Li Mu of Zhao. When things go wrong, there must be monsters. Fusu is in Qin We know the status of the country clearly. People like Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei may have impulsively let Fusu come to Chu State, but Qin State also has a world-famous wise man - Ziyou.

He might also let Fusu come to Chu State, but would he really let Fusu come to Chu State alone without any backup? Xiang Qu said.

"You are worried about Ziyou, right?" Fan Zeng saw what Xiang Qu was worried about.

Xiang Qu nodded. The shadow of the famous tree. Of the four countries, it seems that only South Korea was destroyed by Ziyou. But in fact, the destruction of the four countries was directly related to Ziyou, especially the Wei State. , this kind of stealing your whole country by oneself makes Xiang Liang scared even thinking about it.

Fan Zeng looked at Xiang Qu with joy. Among the young men of the entire Xiang clan, the one who made Fan Zeng the most hopeful of achieving great success in the future was the young leader of the Xiang clan in front of him, Xiang Qu. Xiang Qu not only made great achievements in the art of war, but also was impeccable in all other aspects. He surpassed his father Xiang Yan in wisdom and strategy. The only shortcoming of Xiang Qu was that he was too young. In the past, he was sickly and rarely involved in military affairs. However, his health has improved a lot in the past two years. In order to help Xiang Qu establish his prestige, he gave Xiang Qu the task of attacking Xiling this time.

"You don't have to worry about Ziyou. Our people sent information that Ziyou appeared in Yunmengze half a month ago. After discovering Ziyou's figure, we sent people to watch all the entrances and exits of Yunmengze. So far, There is no news of him leaving Yunmengze yet," Fan Zeng said.

"Ziyou is in Yunmengze?" Xiang Qu was a little surprised, but more puzzled.

It’s okay for Fusu to go deep into Xiling of Chu State. After all, Fusu is still Mo Ao of Chu State in name. Most people don’t dare to do anything to him. But Ziyou is a lieutenant of Qin State and went deep into Yunmengze alone. This makes people do it. I do not understand.

"If a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall, this Mr. Ziyou will go wherever he is in danger." Fan Zeng said with emotion, "But this can be considered a good thing. Ziyou has been in Yunmengze for half a month, so he must not You may have anticipated our layout in Xiling City.”

After hearing Fan Zeng's words, Xiang Qu thought for a while, and the discomfort in his heart dissipated a little.

"Thank you, Mr. Fan, for your enlightenment." Xiang Qu said with his hands in hand.

"You are the future of the Xiang clan. It is a good thing that you think about various things thoroughly, but as a general, if you think too much, your hands will be tied up. Sometimes it is right to have backup options, but it is more important to Fight to the death." Fan Zeng said.

What the Xiang family inherited was not military strategies or skills, but the most unexpected military situation.

"I remember it," Xiang Qu said.

In Xianyang, Ying Zheng put down the last memorial. Zhao Gao on the side put the memorial away and said

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest."

As the Wenyuan Pavilion gradually became more standardized, the time and energy required for Ying Zheng to correct memorials became less and less. Some useless memorials, such as memorials to greet Ying Zheng from various places, were reviewed by Wenyuan Pavilion. , counted them, handed them to Zhao Gao, and asked Zhao Gao to read them to Ying Zheng.

The memorials that Ying Zheng wanted to correct were all important matters, so the workload was naturally much smaller than before.

"Well, what's the situation over there in Chu State?" Ying Zheng asked, picking up the tea on the side.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived in Xiling. The information returned from the net said that Xiang Yan sent his eldest son Xiang Qu outside the city of Xiling, preparing to work together to capture Xiling." Zhao Gao glanced at Ying Zheng and found that Ying Zheng did not respond and continued.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obtained information about the net before entering Xiling, and recruited General Yang Duan and three thousand elites. Li Yuan had previously handed over the tiger talisman of the Chu State to His Highness the Crown Prince, and the Chu State's army was stationed in Zhu."

"Well, your ability to analyze intelligence is much better than before." Ying Zheng said calmly.

Hearing Ying Zheng praise him, Zhao Gao replied with some excitement

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty!"

"Well, let's continue, where has the teacher been recently?" Ying Zheng asked.

Zhao Gao was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said

"I don't dare to hide it from your Majesty. Your husband went to Yunmeng Ze, but he lost his trace after entering Yunmeng Ze half a month ago. Also missing were his companions Dong Jun, Yan Ling Ji, Xue Nv, and Mo Ya. Bai Feng. The people who set up the net have been searching Yunmengze day and night, but Yunmengze is a big place and there are too few people to set up the net, so no results have been obtained yet.

Moreover, according to the intelligence sent back from Yingdu, the hypocritical people blocked all the main roads in Yunmengze. "

Ying Zheng put down the teacup in his hand, his expression remained as usual, but the coldness in his eyes made Zhao Gao kneel down, burying his head on the ground and not daring to breathe.

"Zhao Gao, send an order for Wang Jian, Li Mu and Meng Ao to enter the palace!" Ying Zheng said coldly.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)